Council Housing (Hansard, 14 July 1988)

HC Deb 14 July 1988 vol 137 cc296-7W 296W

§ Mr. Norman Hogg
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give figures showing the total expenditure on local authority housebuilding for each year since 1979 in terms of (i) current prices, (ii) 1988 prices and (iii) share of gross domestic product.
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§ Mrs. Roe
The available estimates of capital expenditure on housebuilding by English local authorities are as follows:

Current prices £ million 1987–88 prices £ million Percentage share of gross domestic product

1978–79 1,096 2,245 0.63

1979–80 1,065 1,867 0.52

1980–81 965 1,427 0.41

1981–82 720 969 0.28

1982–83 685 861 0.24

1983–84 682 819 0.22

1984–85 730 838 0.22

1985–86 579 628 0.16

1986–87 458 480 0.12

¹1987–88 467 467 0.11

¹ Provisional.

	Current prices £ million	1987–88 prices £ million	Percentage share of gross domestic product
1978–79	1,096	2,245	0.63
1979–80	1,065	1,867	0.52
1980–81	965	1,427	0.41
1981–82	720	969	0.28
1982–83	685	861	0.24
1983–84	682	819	0.22
1984–85	730	838	0.22
1985–86	579	628	0.16
1986–87	458	480	0.12
¹1987–88	467	467	0.11
¹ Provisional.